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Firestorm was a presenting sponsor at this years Emerald Coast AdFed Addy Awards Gala, and we also entered some of our work into the competition. We took home 8 awards from this years competition – not too bad for our first year! Some of the entries that won include, Easy Street Pet Friendly Vacation Rentals website, The Boys & Girls …

The Addy awards are sneaking up fast, and everyone here at Firestorm is getting pumped. The Addy Awards Advertising Competition and gala comes once a year and it’s a big to-do. We get together with all of our buddies in the Advertising Federation (AdFed) and have a party. Everyone brings they’re best work and enters it by category into a …

WeWantWestJet.com, a website and grassroots initiative by the Northwest Florida Regional Airport, has been receiving some media coverage over the past few days. Below are a couple of links to the different media outlets that have covered the story. http://www.weartv.com/players/news/top_stories/wear_vid_5564.shtml http://www.wjhg.com/home/headlines/37360579.html http://blogs.wsj.com/middleseat/2009/01/13/florida-to-canadian-low-cost-carrier-come-on-down/ http://www.airportbusiness.com/web/online/Top-News-Headlines/Okaloosa-wooing-WestJet/1$25163 http://www.nwfdailynews.com/news/airport_14067___article.html/web_site.html The initiative is aimed at bringing direct service from WestJet, a Canadian airline, to the Airport …

Firestorm Creative Studios launched the newly redesigned and retooled website for the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Emerald Coast. The feature-rich site boasts a fully integrated and customized content publishing and management system as well as newsletter management, RSS feeds and secure online payments for charitable donations to the club. FCS’ Creative Director Cecil Killingsworth led the deign effort …

Ah yes – If i had a nickel…I’ll take mysteries of the universe for $2,000 Alex! So what makes a website a good website? Conversely, what makes a website bad? What’s the difference if my nephew Stewy builds my website or a professional agency? The answer is simple: there isn’t just one answer. Since design is mostly subjective and beauty …

Fifteen years ago, the business landscape was a lot different, and so was your sales process. New prospects found you in the yellow pages and called to set up an appointment. You and your team went – clean shaven, suit and tie, fresh cologne. Why all the trouble? First impressions! Prospects size you and your business up in moments. Overcoming …

This Past week, Firestorm Creative Studios joined the Fort Walton Beach Chamber of Commerce and attended the New Members meeting. In that meeting were several new businesses in the area joining the Chamber. It was a pleasure meeting those folks and talking with them. Someone must have put a “kick me” sticker on us, cause we got picked on by …